08:49 AM EST, 12/11/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.6% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 0.4% higher recently.

Rigetti Computing ( RGTI ) shares rose past 25% after the company and Quantum Machines said they have successfully automated the calibration of a quantum computer using artificial intelligence.